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MISC. PUBLICATION 11, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTUEE 



INTRODUCTION 



The Meadow Valley working circle embraces an almost ideal area for the 

 institution of forest management. (See map.) It is a distinct, clear-cut unit. 

 It includes sufficient area and timber to support a moderate-sized operation. 

 One owner, the United States, has title to over 80 per cent of the stumpage and 

 can thus control the time, place, method, and amount of cutting. 



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LEIGEIND 

 i_ ._ WORKING CIRCLE BOUNDARY 



COMPARTMENT BOL'NDARY 



I SPANISH CREIEK.CAMP 



I SILVER CREEK CAMP 



IK BIG CREEK CAMP 

 3V LITTLE SCHNEIDER CAMP 

 AT ROCK CREEK. CAMP 

 V/////A BUDGET, IS23 - 1933 



SCALE OF MILES 



Fig. 2. — Meadow Valley Working plan, Plumas National Forest, Calif. 



The purposes of this plan are: 



1. To bring together all the available data concerning this unit which are 

 necessary for the institution of forest management. 



2. To determine the time, place, and amount of cutting which will best serve 

 the interests of the United States and ultimately place the area on a sustained 

 yield basis. 



Calculations of yield and regulation of cut are of necessity crude, because 

 of the lack of growth data on mixed stands, and particularly the lack of 

 knowledge in regard to the effect of cutting on the remaining stand. Data 

 used and results obtained are thought to be conservative and should serve 

 their purpose until events and more data make a revision of the plan necessary. 



